Meaning of glost | Babel Free

Definitions

Lead glazing used for pottery.

attributive, often, uncountable

Examples

“1912, Alice Hamilton, Lead⟳ Poisoning in Potteries, Tile Works, and Porcelain Enameled Sanitary Ware Factories, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor, Whole Number⟳ 104, Industrial Accidents and Hygiene Series, No. 1, page 18, In the sanitary-ware potteries of Trenton, and in the general-ware potteries of East Liverpool, the glost-kiln men simply place⟳ the glazed ware in saggers, and therefore the only exposure to lead⟳ comes from getting their hands smeared with the glaze.”

“The variations in glaze texture with different glost thermal treatment were observed. Two glazes, each made of the same end⟳ formula but differing in the distribution of their composition, received four different commercial glost firings.”

“If no decoration is applied, biscuit or glost firing is the final operation in manufacture⟳.”

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